accession number
noun
the individual number or serial designation identifying specifically any of the items, as books or records, acquired by a library, collection, or the like.
Compare
serial number.
Origin of accession number
An Americanism dating back to 1875–80
Words nearby accession number
access road,
access time,
accessary,
accessible,
accession,
accession number,
accessorial,
accessorius,
accessorize,
accessory,
accessory adrenal
British Dictionary definitions for accession number
accession number
noun
library science
the number given to record a new addition to a collection